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Eliza Dushku Lures Joss Whedon Back to TV
October 31, 2007 (New York, NY) -- Eliza Dushku and Joss Whedon are reteaming for a new series -- a one-hour drama called Dollhouse produced by 20th Century Fox to air on Fox. The first of the seven episodes to which the network has committed could premiere as early as spring. It's called Dollhouse because that's the nickname of the high-tech lab where a group of "human chalkboards" are kept between assignments. Dushku's character, Echo, can be given new memories, skills and even personalities, then stripped of them just as quickly, leaving them virtual children.
Whedon is the creator, head writer and executive producer, and perhaps in part because Dushku convinced him to do the show, she's getting a producer credit.
Shortly after Dushku signed a development deal with Fox in August, "I called the one man that I knew I wanted to do [a series] with and had to have the best show possible," she tells TVGuide.com's Michael Ausiello. "And he was seduced!"
Explains Whedon, "Dollhouse is a suspense drama about a girl who can have any personality except her own." So it's part Alias and part Quantum Leap, "because Echo is literally changing who she is," he continues. "She gets into people's lives a little bit."
Even Dushku's. "I relate so much to this character," she marvels. "Echo is essentially the story of my life. I've lived a crazy life the past 16 years, traveling around the world and then tripping and falling into this business. Everyone wants you to transform and be a different person every week."
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